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www.HaltonQuiltersGuild.ca Halton Quilters Guild, 3023 New St., PO Box 91540, Burlington, ON L7R 4L6

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June 2017

Meetings are held on the first Thursday of the month.

JUNE 1, 2017

Doors open: 6:00 p.m. Meeting: 7:00 p.m. Dinner: 7:15 p.m.

Mainway Arena (Auditorium)

4015 Mainway Drive,

Burlington

Guests are always WELCOME!

Admission is $5.00.

In this issue: 1 President’s Message Elections What to bring to the meeting 2 Newsletter Information Executive Members/Meeting 3 Membership Treasurer, Secretary 50/50 Draw, Social 4 Program Loonie Auction Executive Meeting 5 Mystery Quilt Anniversary News 6 Workshop President’s Challenge New Members Ambassadors 8 Outreach 10 Quilt Show 11 CQA Quilt Bee Slab Blocks 12 Guild History Upcoming Quilt Shows

AS ALWAYS, THANK YOU to ALL of OUR ADVERTISERS!

Halton Quil ters Guild

Celebrating 40 years of qui l t ing and fr iendship!

PRESIDENT’S MESSAGE Sue Paquette, President

It seems impossible that this will be my last Snippets note to write as guild President! The two years have flown by, and despite a few frustrations along the way, it sure has been a lot of fun and very rewarding. When I was a child, I thought it was just one of those crazy things that adults say when they said that time goes by faster as you get older. Little did I know!!

If you haven't already, you should really think about volunteering for the Executive. It's a lot of fun and you certainly get to know a variety of people, as well as feel connected with the guild.

In the meantime, don't forget ... talk to your neighbour, and make a new friend, and maybe meet your new BFF!

Remember … What to bring to the meeting

www.HaltonQuiltersGuild.ca

> Name tag > Outreach quilts

> Guild History items/photos >“Sew” and Tell

> Money for 50/50 Draw > Membership form and payment

> Library books > $5 to register for Mystery Quilt

> $5 for the Anniversary Block Challenge kit

> Loonies for the LOONIE AUCTION!

> Plate, cutlery, placemat, glass/mug (or $0.50 for a styrofoam cup)

Pot Luck Dinner - appetizer, main dish, dessert

Please label if the dish contains nuts, seafood or is gluten-free.

Elections for the 2017/2018 Executive!

JUNE is only a few days away … and many of the positions on the 2017-8 executive have been filled! However, the Vice President and Social Committee positions remain open. We need to fill these positions at the June meeting. There is a full description of their responsibilities on the website. Please consider volunteering!

Thank you to everyone who has volunteered for the coming year as well as to those who will serve the second year of their two-year term.

For information on any of these positions, or to volunteer, please email me at [email protected] . Jean Decaire, Vice President


Advertising Advertising rates are as follows:

Thank you to all the advertisers who support our guild. We appreciate your support.

When visiting these businesses, please let them know you saw their ad in this newsletter!

Susan Atherton

HQG Newsletter Advertising Co-ordinator

(905) 824-3143 [email protected]

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The next HQG newsletter will be in SEPTEMBER. The deadline is Tuesday, August 15, 2017.

Susan Atherton [email protected]

Newsletter

Newsletter Distribution by Canada Post: IMPORTANT

EFFECTIVE JANUARY 2017, Snippets will be available for pickup at the guild meeting by those members not receiving their copy by email or website. \Newsletter Distribution by Email: If you signed up to receive Snippets by email, and have not been receiving it, please let me know.

Donna Douglas [email protected]

Halton Quilters Guild 2016-2017 Members of the Executive

Business card

Quarter page

Half page

Full page

$15

$30

$40

$55

Volunteering for guild activities is a great way to

meet other quilters while at the same time having

fun and contributing to your guild.

Consider volunteering to serve a position on the

2017 - 2018 HQG Executive.

Executive

The Executive meets at 7:00 p.m. on the fourth Thursday of every month.

PLEASE NOTE:

As the ELECTIONS for the 2017-2018 year take place at the June 1st guild meeting, there will be a brief meeting of the “old” and “new” executive after the Pot Luck dinner.

(see page 4)

President

Vice-President

Past President

Secretary

Treasurer

Membership

New Member Ambassadors

Outreach (Comfort Quilts)

Outreach (Neonatal)

Outreach (Quilts of Valour)

Program

Workshops

Block of the Month/Mystery Quilt

Social

Library

50 / 50 Draw

Newsletter

Newsletter (email)

Newsletter Advertising

Website

Photographer

Historian

Sue Paquette

Jean Decaire

Sheila Keating

Ann Glass

Bill and Katherine Hunter

Donna Vetter and Sheila Keating

Brenda Forsey, Cathy Marion and Linda Young Estelle Probert and Susan McKenzie

Sandy Stephen

Alison McDonald

Katherine Hunter and Catherine MacMaster Joyce Hughes and Marlene McDaniel

Susie Leaker

Margaret Messier, Bev Schmidt and Jan Warneke Janet Fisher

Rose Hamilton and Susan Lauzon

Susan Atherton

Donna Douglas

Susan Atherton

Kathleen Seles

Ruth Turner

Diane Thurner

SPECIAL EVENTS

Anniversary Celebrations

Canada 150

Quilt Show Convenor

Melba Stadler and Carol Brown

Katherine Hunter and Susan Atherton

Sheila Keating


Treasurer HQG members may pay membership dues or workshop fees with cash, by cheque or an e-transfer. The guild email address is: [email protected]

If paying via e-transfer, please provide your name and what the payment is for in the message section of the e-transfer. See one of the executive for the security question and answer. Be advised that the bank will charge you a small fee for the transfer. Bill Hunter, Treasurer

50 / 50 Draw Congratulations to Cindy Wright and Sylvia Jaago who won $112.00 in May’s 50 / 50 draw.

As always, thank you to everyone for bringing your loonies, toonies and small bills. Tickets are 2 for $1, 5 for $2 and 20 for $5.

Remember … you can't WIN without a ticket! Thank you for your support. Best of luck to everyone! Rose Hamilton and Susan Lauzon, 50/50 Draw

Membership Renew your membership for next year and YOU may be our winner!

We will continue to accept memberships for the 2017/2018 Guild year at the June 1st meeting. The cost

remains the same — $35.00 for the year. You may choose to pay your membership by cash, by cheque or via an e-transfer. If you are writing a cheque, please postdate it to July 1, 2017.

The new form for the 2017/2018 year is at the end of this newsletter. Remember … if you join or renew your HQG membership by July 1, 2017, you will have a chance to enter a draw in September for a free membership for the 2018/2019 year.

Please remember to wear your name tag to meetings. It helps us all when we can call each other by name.

So plan to renew your membership at the June meeting … and you may be our winner in September! Donna Vetter and Sheila Keating, Membership

Secretary Do you know a guild member who would appreciate receiving a card for

condolences or illness? If so, please contact me and a card will be sent on behalf of the guild.

Email: [email protected] Phone: (905) 628-2123 Ann Glass, Secretary

Social It’s time to eat, drink and be merry at our June Pot Luck Dinner!

Each member should plan to bring enough food to serve 10 to 12 people, … remember, you may be sitting at the last table to go up for dinner!

Please label food containing nuts, seafood, or if gluten-free. Provide serving utensils, if needed, and put your name on dishes and utensils.

Punch, napkins, coffee and tea will be provided. Please bring your own mug or you may purchase a Styrofoam cup for 50 cents.

Margaret Messier, Bev Schmidt and Jan Warneke, Social Committee

June 2017

The Executive Committee has arranged to provide a $500 scholarship to a Halton

A to H — dessert

I to O — appetizer / salad

P to Z — main dish


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Program

June 1, 2017 Our End of the Year POT LUCK Dinner and LOONIE AUCTION!

Future Guild Meetings: Do you have suggestions for a speaker or topic?

Are you interested in doing a demonstration at a guild meeting next fall? Why not pair with a friend?

Please remember to collect the large hot chocolate containers for this year’s holiday centrepieces!

Katherine Hunter and Catherine MacMaster, Program

It will soon be time to eat, drink and be merry at our June POT LUCK Dinner … and bid on some great prizes at our LOONIE AUCTION !!!

Don’t miss out on the fun … collect those loonies! You may win one of our amazing auction items while helping the guild to raise funds to continue our education and community projects.

How does it work? A variety of items are up for auction. The MC holds up an item and asks who would like to bid on it.

If you like what you see, you hold up your hand. The MC assigns you a number by pointing at

you. You write the number on the paper provided and toss your loonie in a basket on your table.

You can bid as often as you like on the item. For each bid you are assigned another number that

you write down and then you toss another loonie into the basket.

When there are no more bids, the MC draws a number from a container and calls it out.

If you have that number, you WIN and jump up and down!!!!

If you don’t have the number, you clap for the person who won and bid on other items. .

SO keep collecting those loonies. Think of it this way — 5 loonies give you 5 chances to win, 10

loonies give you 10 chances, 20 loonies give you 20 chances. You get the picture.

AND, of course, we will have change available ! Katherine Hunter

EXECUTIVE MEETING

There will be a brief “hand-off” meeting between the 2016-2017 and the 2017-2018 executives directly after the June potluck at Mainway on June 1st.

This is a time where the new executive member can get a handle on what’s currently happening in the guild as well as chat with her/his predecessor. This will assist the new executive to smoothly transition into their new roles. See you then! Sue Paquette, President

a bagpiper (for a special occasion)

a family photo session

long arm quilting services

a harpist (for a special occasion)

woodworking “surprises”

and quilts, of course


June 2017

Mystery Quilt 2017-2018

Once again, Detective Chief Inspector La Seam has a new mystery for us to solve! Just as a police detective does when he is trying to solve a crime, you follow CLUES until they lead you to SUSPECTS. These Suspects eventually lead you to the quilt top.

There are still spaces if you would like to join in on the fun. The cost is $5 toward the prize money. Each month you will receive new clues to follow as you piece together this Mystery Top. You will receive the first clue at June’s meeting. In 2015 we had 55 ladies enjoy this program. Their results were terrific. Let’s see if we can top that number this year!! Susie Leaker, Mystery Quilt

40th ANNIVERSARY NEWS

There are two very important things to remember for our June Guild meeting.

#1 This will be the first time that guild members can make a reservation for

our 40th Anniversary Celebration on November 23rd. This will be held at the

Holiday Inn Burlington Hotel and Conference Centre which is located at 3063

South Service Road, Burlington. The evening will include but not be limited to

A. the serving of hors d’oeuvres

B. a cash bar

C. a very exciting and highly regarded guest speaker, Mary Elizabeth Kinch, who will speak on

RANDOM ACTS OF QUILTING. Her speech will include visual aids. She will also have books

and patterns available after her talk.

D. a view of some of our Guild history

E. the presentation of the prize for the Viewer’s Choice of the 40th Anniversary challenge blocks

with a draw for the remaining challenge blocks

The cost of the evening is $40.00. You may reserve your place by speaking to a committee members and paying the cost. Reservations will continue to be available from June to November.

#2 The 40th Anniversary Challenge Block kits will be available to purchase for $5.00 at the Mystery Quilt table. The kit contains two pieces of fabric and the rules for the challenge. We are now offering members the opportunity to purchase more than one kit.

So get your kit or kits and have the whole summer to make your blocks. Remember that a Viewer’s Choice will take place at the November 2017 Guild meeting. The winner for Viewer’s Choice will be announced at the November 23

rd Celebration and will receive some of the challenge blocks. The

rest of the blocks will be distributed through a random draw at the Celebration. Let’s Get Sewing!!

ALERT! ALERT! Be sure to keep your eyes and ears open for other special small events at upcoming Guild Meetings. Your Anniversary Committee


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June 3, 2017 - As requested by many guild members, Maggie Butterfield Dickinson, who spoke at our Guild last spring, is returning to teach us how to make her Zen Quilt. Come by the Workshop table to see Maggie’s Zen quilt and sign up for this class! A few spaces are still available so, if interested, please come by and sign up.

This is our last workshop for 2016-2017 year. We have tried to provide workshops that have been requested in the past year. Please forward suggestions for future workshops to the committee.

We both want to thank the Halton Quilters Guild for the opportunity to provide workshops of interest to our members for the past two years. It has been a most enjoyable experience. Please consider volunteering to co-ordinate this position with Joyce. Joyce Hughes and Marlene McDaniel, Workshop Coordinators

General Workshop Information: Workshops are $25.00 for guild members and $40.00 for guests (due BEFORE workshop) . A supply list will be provided at the time of payment. (cash, cheque or etransfer) Workshops are held at ST. STEPHEN UNITED CHURCH, 2258 Parkway Drive, Burlington. Remember to bring your lunch to the workshop. Coffee and tea will be provided.

New Member Ambassadors Cathy Marion, Linda Young and Brenda Forsey

What a delightful New Members’ Tea was had on May 6th! It may have been raining outside, but inside was filled with laughter, sharing, show-and-telling, companionship, and delicious food. Thank you to all the New Members and Executive members who participated to make this such a fun afternoon.

Workshop

President’s Challenge Sue Paquette, President

Well, I thought that I had been so careful to plan out the charm squares challenge. BUT, as you all

know, I forgot to leave enough time to incorporate May's yellow squares! As a result, judging will be

held off until the September 2017 meeting, and that means that you have to come back! LOL

You will have the summer in which to complete your project(s). You may use all of your charm

squares or just several of them in whatever you choose to make. It’s all up to you … placemats, a

bag, a wall hanging, a quilt. For example, I am using my charm squares to make some Hallowe'en

placemats, a scrappy quilt with a twist, and a Christmas table topper. Of course, my projects will not

be in the competition, but I will try to have them ready for Show & Share.

Rules for Judging:

1. More than one entry can be submitted

2. No identifying marks on the front

3. Attach name of quilter to the back.

Submissions should be available for judging at 6:00 p.m. on Thursday, September 7th.


June 2017


Comfort Quilts What a fantastic guild year our Outreach has had. As a result of all your hard work, we have surpassed our goal of making over 200 quilts. AND by donating over 200 quilts to various charities and care organizations in the community, our members have certainly met the requirements of the guild mandate. Thank you all so much. Every one of you have been so supportive and helpful.

Our special project this year, ten quilts for Shifra House, is almost complete. THANKS to so many … all the members of the Outreach team ... the guild members who helped sew and iron during the February Outreach day … the long arm quilters who took on the sewing of the large twin bed quilts. THANK YOU ALL!

I would like to give special THANKS to the Outreach Team who have helped me tirelessly over this past year: Susan McKenzie, Karen Lisle, Anne Klaus, and Betty Sawyer. You are all stars.

We will have many kits to sign out at the June meeting, so feel free to come by the table to pick up one or two to work on over the summer. We are aiming to make our first lot of donations for the 2017/2018 year in the fall, so please help us make this happen.

Happy Stitching, Your Comfort Quilts Team (Outreach)

Outreach Quilts bring comfort … one quilt at a time

McMaster Neonatal Outreach

The McMaster Neonatal Intensive Care Unit lovingly provides medical care for those infants who need a helping hand. With our donation of Special Occasion quilts and Bereavement quilts, HQG members provide some comfort for parents of these infants. With well over 800 precious lives a year coming under the care of the Neonatal staff, the need for an extra comforting touch is great. Once again, THANKS for your support. Sandy Stephen, Neonatal (Outreach)

One of our guild’s aims and objectives is to "participate in community projects”. Members are encouraged to either complete a quilt kit provided by Outreach, make a quilt from their own supplies, sew neonatal blankets OR participate in February’s Outreach Day, so we can give some "comfort" to others in our community.

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Quilts of Valour “Our mission is to ensure that our Canadian Forces members are recognized for their service and commitment to our country. We give this support through the presentation of quilts to comfort our past and present Canadian Forces members in their time of need.”

To learn more about the Quilts of Valour, visit

www.quiltsofvalour.ca or contact Alison McDonald at alison.mc.donald @sympatico.ca


June 2017


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“STITCHES IN OUR TIME” QUILT SHOW Celebrating 40 years of Quilting and Friendship

APRIL 22 - 23, 2017 at the Crossroads Centre, Burlington

The winning quilters received their ribbons and certificates at our May 4th meeting. GROUP QUILTS 1st Kathleen Seles plus – Aviatrix Medallion 2nd Susan Lauzon + Thursday Morning Quilters – Maple Sugar

LARGE QUILTS 1st Annette Guenther – Gravity 2nd Alison McDonald – Garden Path 3rd Catherine McMaster – Blooming 9 Patch

SMALL QUILTS 1st Sam Halliday – Row by Row 2015 2nd Alison McDonald – Hunter’s Star 3rd Gloria Bilous – Atlantis

MINIATURES 1st Barb Croucher – Without Borders 2nd Carol Goddu – The Grand Tour Moscow 3rd Judy Hakim – Taking Flight

WALL HANGINGS 1st Margaret Messier – Dragon Fly 2nd Pamela Simons – Elephant in Blue 3rd Carol Brown – Flight

WEARABLES / USABLES 1st Barb Ross – Oriental Splendor Jacket 2nd Sylvia Jaago – My Favourite Things Tote 3rd Lynne McCulloch – Gingko Jacket

CQA Ribbon Winner - President’s Choice: Alison McDonald – Garden Path

Once again I want to thank my committee for their time, ideas, commitment and hard work and to thank all the volunteers who helped to put on a great quilt show. Now it is time to pass the torch onto the next quilt show committee! Sheila Keating, Quilt Show Convenor 2017

Congratulations to everyone on the Quilt Show Committee for a job well done! Your hard work and dedication is much appreciated.

Editor’s Note: The photos of the Quilt Show featured in the May Snippets were provided courtesy of John Vanderlelie. Many thanks, John, and my apologies for the omission last month.


Dear Members of the Halton Quilters Guild:

Thanks to your generosity of time and fabric, we reached our goal! In honour of the guild’s 40th Anniversary, we completed forty 3 x 4 slab block quilts as our donation to Canada’s Big Quilt Bee! . Well done, Halton Quilters Guild members! Katherine Hunter

Canada’s Big Quilt Bee — Keeping Families Close

for Ronald McDonald House Charities

June 2017

Hanover Holidays

UPCOMING QUILT TOURS

PIECE TOGETHER September 11 to 19, 2017

A Quilter’s Dream Quilt Tour

For information please call Joy Brennen

Quilt Tour Manager Hanover Holidays

@ (416) 247-3024 or email [email protected]

Is this how you use the tray

in your sewing machine?

Donna Douglas


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Planning a road trip this summer? Stop in ...

When visiting these businesses, please let them know that you saw their ad in our newsletter!

Halton Quilters Guild History

When the Guild was founded, there were no quilt shops in the area. The first shop to open was called Patchwork Garden in Hamilton. This later became Quilts and Other Comforts. In the fall of 1987, Sue Osborne, one of our Guild members, opened The Quilt Patch in Bronte.

Today we are fortunate to have so many shops at our disposal. Granted, we do have to plan road trips to reach some of the further ones, but that is never a problem when you get together with your quilting friends!

And, of course, should you come across anything related to the activities of our guild, it would be most appreciated. Please speak to me at guild or via email at [email protected]

Diane Thurner, HQG Historian

Upcoming 2017 Quilt Shows

Now to May 30 Contemporary Canadian Art Quilts, Kitchener horizonsquilting.ca

May 7 to Sept. 3 OH! CANADA - 2017 Grand National Quilt Show, Kitchener grandnationalquiltshow.ca

May 15 to June 10 Quilt 150 Squared Show and Sale, St. Mary’s Museum, St. Marys quilt150squared.com

June 2 to 3 Muskoka Quilts! … from the heart, Pine Tree Quilters Guild of Muskoka, Bracebridge

June 2 to 29 Connections - a celebration of sewn art, Quilts on the Wall, Toronto

June 8 to 11 Canada 150—A Celebration of Art through Fibre, Ailsa www.ailsacraigquiltfestival.ca

June 10 to 11 Quilting Among Friends, Quilting Corners QG, Alliston www.aqcguild.edublogs.org

June 14 to 17 Quilt Canada 2017, Int’l Centre, Mississauga canadianquilter.com/events/quilt-canada-2017

June 23 to 24 Sew Much to Celebrate. Eh! Queen’s Bush Quilters, Markdale

July 15 to 16 Hawberry Quilt Show, Island Quilters Guild and Happy Quilters, Kagawong, Manitoulin Island

August 4 to 6 St. Joseph Island Quilt Show and Sale, Richards Landing www.quiltshow.ca

Burlington - Sew Etc..

Burlington - Village Square Quilt Shop

Cookstown - Country Concessions

Fonthill - The Quilting Bee

Hamilton - Hamilton Sewing

Paris - Heirloom Treasures

Shakespeare - The Quilt Place

Streetsville - Ruti’s Needlebed

Virgil (Niagara-on-the-Lake) - Modern Bee

Woodstock - Country Patchworks

Multiple Locations - Len’s Mill Stores

Online - Fabric Please!

Tours - Hanover Holidays Quilt Tours

Long Arm Quilting Services Beyond the Seams ; Sew What Else?:

http://grandnationalquiltshow.ca/

http://www.quilt150squared.com/

http://www.ailsacraigquiltfestival.ca/

http://www.aqcguild.edublogs.org/

http://www.quiltshow.ca/

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